Mark 6:11-13
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
11 Whatever place does not welcome you or listen to you, leave there and shake the dust off your feet in testimony against them.” 12 So they went off and preached repentance. 13 [a]They drove out many demons, and they anointed with oil many who were sick(A) and cured them.
Herod’s Opinion of Jesus.[b]
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- 6:13 Anointed with oil…cured them: a common medicinal remedy, but seen here as a vehicle of divine power for healing.
- 6:14–16 The various opinions about Jesus anticipate the theme of his identity that reaches its climax in Mk 8:27–30.
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